-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- To celebrate International Women 's Day , CNN 's Leading Women is inviting you to a Tweetchat to discuss how we can bring about gender equality and build a better world and future for women .

Leading Women connects you to extraordinary women of our time . Join CNN 's Leading Women team and special guests Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Tawakkol Karman , Anne-Marie Slaughter , president and CEO of the New America Foundation and Laura Bates , founder of The Everyday Sexism Project for this TweetChat on Friday March 7 at 5pm ET/10pm GMT .

The conversation will focus on what gender equality means for women today and what practical steps we can take to make parity a reality for all . The discussion topic was inspired by our CNN iReport assignment where we asked you what kind of world you 'd like to build .

To take part in our special International Women 's Day Tweetchat , simply log in to Twitter , search #CNNwomen and join the conversation .

Key Twitter handles for the chat include :

@TawakkolKarman
@slaughterAM
@everydaysexism
@ChiefHotMomma
@tinu
@MsAfropolitan
@CNNiwomen

Join us and share your experiences , thoughts and ideas . We 'll be featuring the conversation on CNN.com .

To find out more about how Tweetchats work , read our guide .

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CNN will host a tweetchat ahead of International Women 's Day

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Special guests include Anne-Marie Slaughter and Laura Bates , The Everyday Sexism Project founder

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CNN 's Leading Women community will also join the conversation on building a better world

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Follow #CNNwomen on Twitter March 7 at 5pm ET / 10pm GMT